| Inspection Type |
Fat/Cat
|
| Scope |
Partial
|
| Safety/Health |
Safety
|
| Close Conference |
2017-03-15
|
| Emphasis |
L: FALL
|
| Case Closed |
2019-04-01
|
Related Activity
| Type |
Referral |
| Activity Nr |
1137827 |
| Safety |
Yes |
|
| Type |
Accident |
| Activity Nr |
1140288 |
|
| Type |
Inspection |
| Activity Nr |
1181849 |
| Safety |
Yes |
|
Violation Items
| Citation ID |
01001 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260020 B02 |
| Issuance Date |
2017-03-15 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2017-04-17 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
12675.0 |
| Contest Date |
2017-03-29 |
| Final Order |
2018-06-08 |
| Nr Instances |
2 |
| Nr Exposed |
4 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): Frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials, and equipment were not made by a competent person(s) designated by the employer: a) On or about 09/19/16 at 375 Melville Street, Rochester, New York; the employer did not inspect the scaffold plank to determine its rated load to ensure it was not overloaded during use by employees. Employees were exposed the hazard of a 15 foot fall. b) On or about 09/19/16 at 375 Melville Street, Rochester, New York; employer did not inspect the job site to ensure employees working on a ladder jack scaffold were wearing a safety harness and tied off to a suitable anchorage point. Employees were exposed to the hazard of a 15 foot fall ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED |
|
| Citation ID |
01002A |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260100 A |
| Issuance Date |
2017-03-15 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2017-03-21 |
| Current Penalty |
8000.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2716.0 |
| Contest Date |
2017-03-29 |
| Final Order |
2018-06-08 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
2 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects: a) On or about 09/19/16 at 375 Melville Street, Rochester, New York; the employer did not ensure employees wore protective helmets while picking up debris being torn from the roof overhead. The employees wore canvas baseball caps while working on the ground and were exposed to head injuries. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED |
|
| Citation ID |
01002B |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 H01 |
| Issuance Date |
2017-03-15 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2017-04-17 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2716.0 |
| Contest Date |
2017-03-29 |
| Final Order |
2018-06-08 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
3 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects. For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall. a) On or about 09/19/16 at 375 Melville Street, Rochester, New York; employees, wearing ball caps, working on a ladder jack scaffold removing the roof from the dormer area on the west side of the house were not protected from falling materials on the roof, such as but not limited to, hand tools ( air guns, rakes, crow bars ) exposing them to fall and struck by hazards. ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED |
|
| Citation ID |
01003A |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 E01 |
| Issuance Date |
2017-03-15 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2017-04-17 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
3803.0 |
| Contest Date |
2017-03-29 |
| Final Order |
2018-06-08 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
4 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): Portable ladder, hook-on ladder, attachable ladder, stair tower, stairway-type ladder, ramp, runway, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used to access scaffold platform more than 2 feet above or below a point of access: a) On or about 09/19/16 at 375 Melville Street, Rochester, NY; the employer did not ensure that a portable ladder was available for access to the scaffold so employees climbed the power ladder (platform hoist) to access the ladder jack pic scaffold on the west side of the house to remove the roofing around the eye brow area exposing them to a fall hazard of approximately 15 feet. ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED |
|
| Citation ID |
01003B |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260552 B01 I |
| Issuance Date |
2017-03-15 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2017-04-17 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Contest Date |
2017-03-29 |
| Final Order |
2018-06-08 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
4 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.552(b)(1)(i): Operating rules were not established and posted at the operator's station of the material hoist; a) On or about 09/19/16 at 375 Melville Street, Rochester, NY; the employer did not ensure rules were established preventing employees from climbing the material hoist to access the ladder jack scaffold. Employees climbed the power ladder (platform material hoist) to access the ladder jack pic scaffold on the west side of the house to remove the roofing around the eye brow area exposing them to a fall hazard of approximately 15 feet and without any rules posted informing employees not to climb the power ladder. ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED |
|
| Citation ID |
01004 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 F01 |
| Issuance Date |
2017-03-15 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2017-04-17 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
12675.0 |
| Contest Date |
2017-03-29 |
| Final Order |
2018-06-08 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
3 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(1): Scaffold and/or scaffold components were loaded in excess of their maximum intended loads or rated capacities, whichever was less: a) On or about 09/19/16 at 375 Melville Street, Rochester, NY; the scaffold system consisting of a Werner brand ladder jack scaffold, Model WNS-2424, with a rated load of 500 pounds and two support ladders ( a Louisville and a Werner brand 24 foot each with a 300 pound capacity ) was overloaded when three workers, cumulatively weighing approximately 695 pounds were directed onto the scaffold at the same time resulting in a collapse of one of the support ladders with all employees falling approximately 15 feet. ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED |
|
| Citation ID |
01005 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 F07 |
| Issuance Date |
2017-03-15 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2017-04-17 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
12675.0 |
| Contest Date |
2017-03-29 |
| Final Order |
2018-06-08 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
3 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration: a) On or about 09/19/16 at 375 Melville Street, Rochester, New York; employees erected a ladder jack scaffold on the west side of the house were not trained by a competent person qualified in scaffold erection exposing them to a fall hazard when a fall protection system was not installed. ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED |
|
| Citation ID |
01006 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 G01 I |
| Issuance Date |
2017-03-15 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2017-04-17 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
12675.0 |
| Contest Date |
2017-03-29 |
| Final Order |
2018-06-08 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
3 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system: a) On or about 09/19/16 at 375 Melville Street, Rochester, NY; the employer did not ensure that each was protected by a personal fall arrest system when employees removing roofing materials from the dormer on the west side of the house were on a ladder jack scaffold at a height of approximately 15 feet when one of the ladders collapsed and three employees fell to the ground without the use of a personal fall arrest system. ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED |
|
| Citation ID |
01008 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19261053 B01 |
| Issuance Date |
2017-03-15 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2017-04-17 |
| Current Penalty |
4000.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2716.0 |
| Contest Date |
2017-03-29 |
| Final Order |
2018-06-08 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
2 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed: a) ) On or about 09/19/16 at 375 Melville Street, Rochester, New York; employees who used the ladder to inspect the front porch roof were exposed to fall hazards when a 24 foot extension ladder ( Louisville 24 foot fiberglass extension ladder Type IA - model L-3022-24 ) with the side rails extending only 12 inches above the roof line was set up on the east side of the front porch. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED |
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